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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Barbados	Sudan	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	26,168	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	26,771	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	27,387	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	28,017	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	28,662	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	29,321	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	29,996	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	30,686	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	31,393	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	32,137	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	33,078	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	33,891	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	34,568	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	35,293	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	36,093	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	37,058	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	38,165	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	39,294	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	40,512	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	41,764	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	42,952	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	44,121	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	45,290	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	46,498	4,713

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for Barbados, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.